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1 files changed, 32 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/header/icmpv6.go b/pkg/tcpip/header/icmpv6.go
index 20b01d8f4..4eb5abd79 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/header/icmpv6.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/header/icmpv6.go
@@ -54,9 +54,17 @@ const (
// address.
ICMPv6NeighborAdvertSize = ICMPv6HeaderSize + NDPNAMinimumSize + NDPLinkLayerAddressSize
- // ICMPv6EchoMinimumSize is the minimum size of a valid ICMP echo packet.
+ // ICMPv6EchoMinimumSize is the minimum size of a valid echo packet.
ICMPv6EchoMinimumSize = 8
+ // ICMPv6ErrorHeaderSize is the size of an ICMP error packet header,
+ // as per RFC 4443, Apendix A, item 4 and the errata.
+ // ... all ICMP error messages shall have exactly
+ // 32 bits of type-specific data, so that receivers can reliably find
+ // the embedded invoking packet even when they don't recognize the
+ // ICMP message Type.
+ ICMPv6ErrorHeaderSize = 8
+
// ICMPv6DstUnreachableMinimumSize is the minimum size of a valid ICMP
// destination unreachable packet.
ICMPv6DstUnreachableMinimumSize = ICMPv6MinimumSize
@@ -69,6 +77,10 @@ const (
// in an ICMPv6 message.
icmpv6ChecksumOffset = 2
+ // icmpv6PointerOffset is the offset of the pointer
+ // in an ICMPv6 Parameter problem message.
+ icmpv6PointerOffset = 4
+
// icmpv6MTUOffset is the offset of the MTU field in an ICMPv6
// PacketTooBig message.
icmpv6MTUOffset = 4
@@ -89,9 +101,10 @@ const (
NDPHopLimit = 255
)
-// ICMPv6Type is the ICMP type field described in RFC 4443 and friends.
+// ICMPv6Type is the ICMP type field described in RFC 4443.
type ICMPv6Type byte
+// Values for use in the Type field of ICMPv6 packet from RFC 4433.
const (
ICMPv6DstUnreachable ICMPv6Type = 1
ICMPv6PacketTooBig ICMPv6Type = 2
@@ -109,7 +122,18 @@ const (
ICMPv6RedirectMsg ICMPv6Type = 137
)
-// ICMPv6Code is the ICMP code field described in RFC 4443.
+// IsErrorType returns true if the receiver is an ICMP error type.
+func (typ ICMPv6Type) IsErrorType() bool {
+ // Per RFC 4443 section 2.1:
+ // ICMPv6 messages are grouped into two classes: error messages and
+ // informational messages. Error messages are identified as such by a
+ // zero in the high-order bit of their message Type field values. Thus,
+ // error messages have message types from 0 to 127; informational
+ // messages have message types from 128 to 255.
+ return typ&0x80 == 0
+}
+
+// ICMPv6Code is the ICMP Code field described in RFC 4443.
type ICMPv6Code byte
// ICMP codes used with Destination Unreachable (Type 1). As per RFC 4443
@@ -153,6 +177,11 @@ func (b ICMPv6) Code() ICMPv6Code { return ICMPv6Code(b[1]) }
// SetCode sets the ICMP code field.
func (b ICMPv6) SetCode(c ICMPv6Code) { b[1] = byte(c) }
+// SetTypeSpecific sets the full 32 bit type specific data field.
+func (b ICMPv6) SetTypeSpecific(val uint32) {
+ binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(b[icmpv6PointerOffset:], val)
+}
+
// Checksum is the ICMP checksum field.
func (b ICMPv6) Checksum() uint16 {
return binary.BigEndian.Uint16(b[icmpv6ChecksumOffset:])